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Greymouth Star
New Zealand
Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 3
Massive blaze
‘suspicious’
Authorities are investigating
a large suspicious scrub fire in
Canterbury yesterday. Fire crews
were called to the 4000m blaze
at the Kaitorete Spit about 5pm,
southern fire communications shift
manager Riwai Grace said. “ There
were four appliances, two rural
appliances and two tankers (at the
scene).” It took about two and a half
hours to bring the fire under control,
Mr Grace said. There had been a few
suspicious fires in the area lately, he
said. No properties were in danger
from the blaze. — APNZ
Migrants propel
population growth
The population of Auckland and
Canterbury has grown more quickly
than the rest of the country in the
past year. Statistics New Zealand
said that in the 12 months to June
30, Auckland’s population grew by
34,000 or 2.3%, while Canterbury’s
grew by 11,400 or 2%. The national
average growth rate was 1.5%. Most
regions experienced population
growth in the past year, due largely
to an increase in New Zealand’s net
gain from permanent and long-term
migration, which grew from 7900
in the June 2013 year to 38,300
in the June 2014 year. Selwyn, in
Canterbury, remained the
fastest-growing territorial authority
area, increasing 2700 or 5.8% in the
year to June. — APNZ
Get used to power
cuts — Vector
Power cuts are a part of life and
Aucklanders should get used to it,
Vector chairman Michael Stiassny
says. Vector bosses spent much
of yesterday ’s annual meeting in
Auckland discussing the fire at a
substation in Penrose on October
5 that cut power to 85,000
customers. Mr Stiassny and Vector
chief executive Simon McKenzie
were unable to say what caused
the fire until an investigation was
completed, possibly early in the
new year. Compensation could take
the form of the “ Vector promise”
of $50 for households and $200 for
businesses. Mr Stiassny said power
outages were a part of life and
people should plan for them.
— New Zealand Herald
Keno results
Keno draw No 10365: 8, 14, 16, 17,
18, 19, 22, 26, 42, 46, 51, 61, 63, 64,
65, 69, 70, 73, 75, 80. Keno draw No
10366: 2, 7, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21, 26,
27, 35, 42, 50, 52, 61, 62, 68, 74, 78,
79. Keno draw No 10367: 9, 10, 14,
16, 37, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 52, 53, 59,
62, 64, 69, 71, 74, 77, 80. Keno draw
No 10368: 5, 10, 11, 15, 21, 22, 26,
28, 32, 34, 35, 44, 46, 48, 50, 51, 58,
65, 75, 79.
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NZX50 CONSTITUENTS
market movement
volume
price
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a2 Milk Company
0.58
–
76.54
Air NZ
1.93 +0.015 64.17
Argosy Prop
1.045 +0.005 10.00
Auckland Intl Airpt
3.83 +0.02 45.75
ANZ Banking Gr
36.30 +0.15 4.73
Chorus
1.995 -0.005 189.1
Contact Energy
6.10 -0.03 0.33
Diligent BM Services
4.50 -0.06 4.91
DNZ Prop Fund
1.73 -0.005 10.00
Ebos Gr
8.74 -0.01 6.93
F&P Healthcare
5.43 -0.03 388.0
Fletcher Bldg
8.60 +0.01 1007
Fonterra Shldrs Fnd
6.20 +0.02 6.32
Freightways
5.02 -0.03 5.59
Genesis Energy
2.025
–
102.9
Goodman Prop Tr
1.10 +0.005 3.64
Guinness Peat Gr
0.56 +0.01 29.89
Heartland NZ
1.00
-0.01 7.92
Infratil
2.85 -0.01 28.50
Kathmandu Hldgs
3.02
–
276.3
Kiwi Prop Tr
1.215
–
36.50
Mainfreight
15.05
–
–
Meridian Energy
1.69 +0.01 553.0
Metlifecare
4.40 +0.02 2.70
Mighty River Power
2.80
-0.02 341.6
NZOil&Gas
0.73
–
67.19
Nuplex Ind
3.21 +0.01 23.07
NZX
1.16
–
0.95
Oceana Gold
2.72
–
–
Pacific Edge
0.90 +0.01 7.62
Port Tauranga
16.14 +0.05 0.07
Precinct Properties
1.10 +0.005 38.00
Prop For Ind
1.415
-0.005 1.00
Restaurant Brands
3.70 +0.20 8.50
Ryman Healthcare
7.42
-0.02 21.23
Skellerup
1.47 +0.01 51.30
Sky Network TV
5.92 -0.01 324.8
Sky City
3.81 -0.06 255.8
Spark
2.97 +0.01 511.3
Steel & Tube
2.87
–
2.60
Summerset Gr Hldgs
2.78 +0.03 15.40
Tower
1.90 +0.01 0.53
Trade Me
3.71 -0.06 344.2
TrustPower
7.37
–
–
Vector
2.68 +0.03 28.84
Vital Hlth Prop Tr
1.465 -0.005 380.5
Warehouse Gr
3.12 +0.02 16.50
Westpac Banking
37.15
–
5.90
Xero
16.73 -0.03 86.22
Z Energy
4.01 +0.02 32.87
Trading to 10:30am,
Thursday, October 23, 2014
www.nzx.com
RISERS: 35
DECLINERS: 27 TRADED: 89
Aluminium Alloy
2,095.00 2,090.00
Aluminium High Grade
1,972.00 1,954.50
Copper
6,660.00 6,615.00
Lead
1,999.50 2,012.00
Nickel
15,225.00 15,315.00
Tin
19,500.00 19,400.00
Zinc
2,188.00 2,222.20
Gold
1,249.40 1,246.90
Palladium
774.00
760.00
Platinum
1,274.00 1,264.00
Silver
17.52
17.43
Gold
1,250.50 1,244.50
Silver
17.36
17.38
Australia
AUD
0.9449 0.8935
China
CNY
5.5026 4.5697
Euro
EUR
0.6648 0.6159
Great Britain
GBP
0.5248 0.4876
Japan
JPY
90.260 83.750
United States
USD
0.8445 0.7869
Hamilton
Hours before he opened fire on
police, the man at the centre of a
shooting in a tiny Waikato village
was going about life as usual.
Kerepehi residents who know the
man are shocked he led police on a
car chase before being shot several
times and critically injured after an
alleged domestic dispute on Tuesday
night.
Just hours earlier the 50-year-old,
a regular at the Kerepehi Dairy,
dropped in to buy cigarette papers
and chatted with shop assistant
Wendy Kerr.
“He’s a lovely guy. But he smelt of
alcohol last night when I ser ved him
and that was at half past five.”
Despite that she said he did not
appear drunk.
Mrs Kerr spoke of rumours of the
man’s tumultuous relationship with a
woman he had lived with in Kerepehi
for at least six months.
The man was shot by police after
they were called to the domestic
incident at a house in Kaikahu Road
about 9.45pm.
Neighbour Anthony Fictoor said
he heard a commotion and police
shouting over a loud hailer to “come
out with your hands empty” or
something similar.
He went outside to investigate but
quickly shut the door when he saw
police cars and spotlights.
Mr Fictoor, an engineer, said he
moved four of his young daughters
into his bedroom to make sure they
were safe.
The man and woman fled in a Ford
car. Minutes later, as they turned on
to State highway 2 from Wharepoa
Road, the car hit road spikes laid by
police.
The car travelled 300m further
before coming to a stop.
It was when police surrounded the
car that the man allegedly fired.
Police shot back, hitting the man
more than once in the “central body”,
according to Westpac Auckland
Rescue Helicopter crewman medic
Dean Har vey.
Mr Har vey said that when the
helicopter arrived at the scene,
outside Kerepehi Transport, the man
was disorientated and being treated
by St John staff. “He was conscious
but confused. He was in a lot of pain.”
The critically injured man was
taken by helicopter to Waikato
Hospital, where he underwent
surgery yesterday. Last night he was
in a serious but stable condition
in the high dependency unit. It is
understood the woman was in the car
when the shootout happened. She
was not injured or arrested.
Soon after the incident the armed
offenders squad arrived at the couple’s
house and removed another man,
who was understood to be taken to
Paeroa police station.
It is not known whether he was
connected to the incident or what his
relationship to the couple was.
Yesterday, a portion of State
highway 2 remained closed while
a specialist search group examined
the scene looking for ammunition
cartridges to determine how many
shots were fired during the exchange.
The couple’s car had been abandoned
with the passenger door and boot left
open, and the rear window smashed.
The house was also examined by
police in boilersuits.
— New Zealand Herald
Shooting drama shocks Waikato town
Auckland
The cast of The Hobbit star in
the latest Air New Zealand safety
video, released today.
Dwar ves, orcs and elves star in
The Most Epic Safety Video Ever
Made being screened ahead of the
December release of the final film
in the trilogy, The Hobbit: The
Battle of the Five Armies.
The new video stars Elijah Wood
(Frodo Baggins), Dean O’Gorman
(Fili the Dwarf ) and Sylvester
McCoy (Radagast).
The video, directed by New
Zealand film-maker Taika Waititi,
also features cameos from the
Hobbit trilogy director Sir Peter
Jackson, Weta Workshop
co-founder Sir Richard Taylor
and Waititi himself, who appears
as a wizard. The safety video was
shot over six days across a number
of New Zealand ’s Middle-earth
locations, including Hobbiton and
Central Otago.
Sir Peter said the video, which
will be played in airplanes from
today, showcases New Zealand
and celebrates its film industry.
“I hadalotoffunontheset
with Taika and the team and look
for ward to seeing the video on
board,” he said.
Weta Workshop supplied
costumes and more than 150
make-up prosthetics and Weta
Digital created the visual effects.
Air New Zealand head of global
brand development Jodi Williams
said the airline was proud to
be “the official airline of
Middle-earth”.
“ We’re confident our final
Hobbit-inspired onboard safety
video will delight fans as much
as the first one and inspire even
more people to consider a visit to
Middle-earth,” she said.
The national carrier had used the
films to drive a distinct marketing
campaign that featured branded
aircraft and Hobbit-inspired
content.
The Most Epic Safety Video
Ever Made follows the airline’s
first safety video to be inspired by
the Hobbit films An Unexpected
Briefing in 2012.
— New Zealand Herald
Actor Elijah Wood, right, with several Air New Zealand flight attendants, in the airline’s new safety
video.
One safety video to rule them all
Auckland
A Malaysian envoy is due to appear
before the courts on sexual assault charges
this weekend, five months after he fled
New Zealand with diplomatic immunity.
Officials remained tight-lipped yesterday
about the extradition of former military
attache Muhammad Rizalman bin Ismail
from Malaysia. But he was expected to be
flown back late tomorrow with a police
escort and taken immediately to the
Wellington District Court.
The 38-year-old faces charges of burglary
and assault with intent to rape, which are
punishable by 10 years’ jail.
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray
McCully refused to discuss specifics of
the case, except to say there had been a
court case in Malaysia to order Rizalman’s
extradition.
“The matter is entirely in the hands of
the judicial system in both countries.”
He said there would be a trial in New
Zealand, but was reluctant to comment
further because he did not want to
prejudice the trial. “ There’s been a lot of
publicity about it, and the legal people are
very concerned to ensure that we obser ve
proper process so I’ve left it entirely to
them.”
Wellington police said officials were
continuing with the extradition process.
The new Police Minister, Michael
Woodhouse, also said he could not
confirm any details about the case.
Rizalman’s return was delayed at first by
concerns about his mental health and later
by legal complications.
— New Zealand Herald
Malaysian envoy
due back for
sex case
Wanaka
A prosecution could be in the wind for
the owner of Wanaka’s Hillend Station,
Trade Me founder Sam Morgan, after
a burn-off on his property on Tuesday
blanketed the town in smoke.
Mr Morgan said on Twitter yesterday:
“ My apologies to Wanaka residents
for the burn-off on Hillend yesterday.
Looked bloody horrible, I know.”
He did not respond to further
inquiries.
Otago Regional Council director
of regional ser vices Jeff Donaldson
said the council had received “quite
a number” of complaints and was
carrying out “a full investigation”.
While the fire was permitted by
the Otago Rural Fire Authority, Mr
Donaldson said it still had to comply
with the council’s air plan.
“ If smoke is obnoxious beyond the
boundary, then it is considered that it
would be an offence.”
Mr Donaldson said that under the
air plan, the council had an obligation
to investigate a burn-off, just as it did
domestic fires and backyard burning.
A council staff member was on the
scene on Tuesday photographing and
smelling the smoke, he said.
“That information is being sent to
Dunedin for myself and my senior
staff to look at and decide what we do
further.”
The same rules that applied to couch
fires in Dunedin applied to burn-offs in
central Otago, he said.
A spokesman for the fire authority
said yesterday it was not planning to
take any further action.
— Otago Daily Times
Burn-off could land
Trade Me founder in court
Dunedin
A 36-year-old D unedin man may be
charged after allegedly bringing a knife
into the central Dunedin Work and
Income New Zealand office.
Police were called to the Winz office
about 3.45pm yesterday after a member
of the public saw the man with a craft
knife, Southern District Command
Centre deployment co-ordinator senior
sergeant Matt Scoles said. “A male who
was waiting in the waiting area (was seen
to) pull a craft knife out of his pocket
and open a package,” Mr Scoles said.
“(Winz) staff then confronted him
and during that confrontation the male
has passed that craft knife on to a female
associate of his.”
The man was arrested and trespassed
from the building, but charges had not
yet been laid.
“It doesn’t appear ... that there was
anything sinister in his intentions,” Mr
Scoles said. “But that ’s something that
will be considered during the inquiry.”
The man could face charges but
inquiries were ongoing, he said.
A spokeswoman for Winz said the
incident was being handled by police.
— Otago Daily Times
Winz craft knife scare
Ottawa
The New Zealand High
Commission’s building in Canada
was in lock-down following a
deadly shooting a couple of streets
away in Ottawa this morning.
A masked gunman dressed all
in black shot a Canadian soldier
standing guard at a war memorial in
the country’s capital, then entered
Parliament, where dozens of shots
rang out, authorities and witnesses
said.
At least three people were taken to
the hospital, and police confirmed
the soldier had died of his injuries.
A statement from Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade this
morning said it was monitoring
the situation and confirmed that
the High Commission’s building
in Ottawa was among those in
lock-down.
The building is just a few streets
from the Parliament precinct
The High Commission was
following the direction of local
police authorities, Mfat said.
All of the High Commission’s
staff and their families were
accounted for. The New Zealand
High Commission was seeking
information from
the local
authorities to ascertain whether any
New Zealanders had been caught
up in the incident.
Currently, there
were
no
indications that
any New
Zealanders had been affected, Mfat
stated.
The New Zealand High
Commission in Canada was on
stand-by to provide consular
assistance if required. — APNZ
NZ High Commission in Canada locked down
Wellington
John Key ’s conversations with blogger
Cameron Slater were not in his capacity
as Prime Minister, he said yesterday as
he faced questions in Parliament for the
first time over allegations made in Nicky
Hager’s Dirty Politics book.
Mr Key and his ministers also faced
questions over the Auckland housing
crisis and the prospect of New Zealand
military involvement in the fight against
Islamic State (IS).
Green Party co-leader Russel Norman
put the first of what are likely to be many
questions about Mr Key ’s relationship
with Slater, asking him how many times
he had phoned or texted the blogger since
2008.
“None in my capacity as Prime
Minister,” Mr Key said.
Dr Norman asked whether Mr Key was
claiming that when he spoke to Slater he
was doing so as leader of the National
Party rather than as Prime Minister.
“That has always been the claim,” was
Mr Key ’s response.
“I have never rung Cameron Slater in
my capacity as Prime Minister.”
However, Mr Key said he was “not 100%
sure” he had never used his ministerial
phone to call Slater.
Mr Key ’s responses drew criticism from
NZ First leader Winston Peters and
Labour whip Chris Hipkins with Mr
Peters telling Speaker David Carter he
was setting a “disturbing” precedent by
allowing ministers to refuse to answer
questions by claiming actions were not
performed in their capacity as a minister.
Dr Norman later said Mr Key was
ducking accountability over his “very
close” relationship with Slater.
— New Zealand Herald
Key ‘not
PM’ while
talking to
blogger
Cameron Slater
John Key
Auckland
The use of a police dog in the
arrest of two men, one of whom
was standing still with both
hands in the air, was found to be
excessive and unlawful use of force,
the Independent Police Conduct
Authority says.
The two arrests in Auckland came
after three men fled on foot from
a stolen car after an abandoned
police pursuit on August 23, 2013.
An officer and his dog began
tracking the three men and found
two of them crouched in a carport
at a Green Bay address.
The men ignored the officer’s
warning that the dog would be
used if they moved, and ran down
the driveway towards the road.
The dog caught up to one of the
men, bit him and knocked him to
the ground.
The dog continued to bite the
man on the arm for at least 45
seconds before the officer removed
him.
Judge Sir David Carruthers,
chairman of the IPCA, said the
officer was justified in using his
dog to prevent the offender from
escaping.
However, the officer’s failure to
remove the dog in a timely manner
after it had bitten the man was
an excessive and unlawful use of
force.
Shortly after this arrest the dog
handler and other officers went to
another property where the third
offender was hiding.
The officers warned the offender
that a police dog was on the
property and asked him to come
out of hiding.
The police dog handler and his
dog tracked the man and found
him hiding in a gap between a shed
and a fence in the back corner of a
Godley Road section.
The officer then deployed his dog
and commanded him to bite and
hold the offender.
“The officer’s use of his dog in
this instance was an excessive
and unlawful use of force,” Judge
Carruthers said.
“Given that the offender was
standing still with both hands in
the air and making no attempt to
resist arrest the deployment of the
dog was unnecessary. “ There were
other, less harmful tactical options
available to the officer which he
should have used rather than
deploying the police dog.”
Police Assistant Commissioner
Allan Boreham said: “ While we
strive to get our response right on
every occasion, we acknowledge
that in this case, we did not, and we
apologise to the two men involved,
and are following up with the staff
member concerned,” Mr Boreham
said. — APNZ
Hands in air as police dog attacked
Nelson
A search is underway after a
backpack containing clothes and a
sleeping bag was found in a river in
the Nelson Lakes area last night.
Tasman Search and Rescue have
started the search in the Mt Angelus
area of the Nelson Lakes National
Park. Police said the river where the
backpack was found ran parallel to a
track linking the Speargrass and Mt
Angeles huts.
Police said anyone who recently lost
a backpack in the area, or may have
any other information that could
identify the backpack’s owner, should
contact Nelson police.
— APNZ
Nelson
backpack
discovery
prompts search
Auckland
An unnamed ACC employee
—
understood to be investment
manager Nicholas Bagnall, who
oversees almost $27 billion in
taxpayer funds — got over $800,000
in pay last year, likely making him
New Zealand’s highest paid public
ser vant.
The breakdown of staff pay in
ACC’s annual report yesterday
reveals its highest paid received
between $810,000 and $820,000
in the past year. Leaving aside the
partially State-owned energy firms,
many of whose senior executives
get in excess of $1 million a year,
the ACC employee’s pay tops that
of chief executives across the public
sector including NZ Super Fund
boss Adrian Orr’s $791,000.
It is understood the ACC
employee is not ACC chief
executive Scott Pickering but a
member of the State-owned injury
insurer’s investment team, as was
the corporation’s second highest-
paid staffer, on just over $700,000.
Mr Bagnall has led ACC’s
investment team for the past 15
years. He would not confirm he was
the employee referred to in ACC’s
report but said he was “very well
paid”.
His base salary before any
incentives and other entitlements
was about a third of the sum
reported.
He said he might make more
money in the private sector, but pay
was “not actually a big motivator
for (me)”. “ I get a lot of satisfaction
from knowing that I’m working for
New Zealand generally and that
my efforts benefit the New Zealand
public.” — New Zealand Herald
ACC boss gets
$800,000 pay cheque
Tauranga
The state of the road where a man
died after a car and mobile library
collided is under fire today, with
local residents speaking out over its
condition.
Police have confirmed a pothole
near the crash scene is likely to be
part of their investigation.
A 19-year-old man died at the
scene yesterday after the car in which
he was a passenger and a library bus
travelling in the opposite direction
crashed on Welcome Bay Road, near
the Faith Bible College. His death
brings this year’s Bay of Plenty road
toll to 10.
The 20-year-old driver of the
red Holden Astra sustained minor
injuries and was taken to Tauranga
Hospital, while the male bus driver
escaped unscathed in the 9.05am
accident that closed the road for
more than five hours.
Western Bay of Plenty head of
road policing, senior sergeant Ian
Campion, said a pothole on the road
near the crash scene was likely to be
part of the investigation.
“At this point, it is obviously
something that the investigation will
cover. ”
Sergeant Nigel Ramsden said he
did not know if speed or wet road
conditions played a part but “could
be a contributing factor”.
Nearby residents have spoken out
about their concerns at the road’s
conditions and driver behaviour.
Ngapeke Hill resident T J Te Keeti
said she believed trucks had changed
the road’s structure and caused
“ripples”. “As soon as you hit those
ripples and you have the slightest
bald tyre, you are gone and wiped
out. It was a morning like this when
the road was wet that I came around
the corner from Papamoa and did a
180 to the right, then a 360 to the
left,” she said. — APNZ
Rough road cops criticism
after man’s death